Phillip Pyle the Second, Blood on the Leaves, 2014, polyurethane on found wood. Courtesy of the artist
Spring will not
Yield green
It will be Red
This season.
A body shaped
As a
Shadow on a
Casket.
We look for flowers
To plant in the
Garden of promise
But the bullets
Keep dancing in the
Flesh of hands
Raised high
Like a funeral
For Peace
With hands raised.
Don’t worry
The resurrection
Is here.
Poem by Thomas Meloncon